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Compared with the KBO register · free

Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.

“YANNIS”

An active company already has this name

The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.

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What this check does and does not say

  • We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
  • This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

Same or very similar names

17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • YANNIS same name
    Full-service restaurants · Overijse · since 1992
  • Other business support services · since 2024
  • YANNIS same name
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Vilvoorde · since 2025
  • Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
  • YANIS very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2017
  • YANNI very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • YANNISCO very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Grimbergen · since 2020
  • YANNIO very similar
    Roofing work · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 2000
  • Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · since 2013
  • YANNIS CAR very similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Vilvoorde · since 1996
  • ANNIS very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
  • YANNIS MOTORS very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Anderlecht · since 2017
  • Yannis FIACRE very similar
    Landscape service activities · Somme-Leuze · since 2025
  • PANNIS very similar
    Joinery installation · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
  • Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2026
  • Event catering · since 2017
  • YAN'Naïs very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Beloeil · since 2019
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • YANNICK similar
    Service activities incidental to land transportation · Zandhoven · since 1992
  • YANNICK similar
    Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Kontich · since 1992
  • Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2010
  • Yann similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2017
  • Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2022
  • Manufacture of beer · since 2012
  • YanniSplash similar
    Sports and recreation education · Ieper · since 2025
  • Yannick R similar
    Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2019
  • Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
  • Event catering · since 2020
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
  • YANNICK similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • YANNO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1998

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